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Jul 20, 2018 · We compare the White Boy Rick movie to the true story of teenage FBI informant Richard Wershe Jr., who became a well-known drug dealer.
Richard Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), [2] known as " White Boy Rick ", is an American former drug trafficker and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant. The youngest known informant in the history of the FBI, Wershe became a confidential informant when he was 14 to 16 years old.
Jul 29, 2021 · Rick Wershe Jr., "White Boy Rick" made history recruited by law enforcement to be an informant at the age of 14 and later to become the youngest non-violent offender to serve more than 30...
Two men who grew up on the same street on Detroit's east side and whose lives took different paths.
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Jul 13, 2024 · In Detroit in the ’80s, everyone knew when White Boy Rick was around. He might have been a pimple-faced teenager who struggled to pull off a mustache but he came out in style. Rick went out in mink coats wrapped up with a belt made of solid gold and a diamond-encrusted Rolex on his wrist.
Sep 13, 2018 · In "White Boy Rick," Detroit of the 1980s looks like a war zone. Whole blocks look like bombed out ruins and citizens arm themselves with AK-47s.
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Jul 29, 2022 · Many have claimed the film is a white-washed retelling, because the real-life story of Richard Wershe Jr. who inspired the film is a fascinating tale of corruption, betrayal, privilege, and ...
